System of calibrating recording watt-hour meters.



PATENTED FEB.13, 1906.

D. P. MORRISON. SYSTEM OF CALIBRATING RECORDING WATT HOUR METERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17 1905.

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DOUGLAS P. MQRRTSGN, OF NEWARK, NEW dERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SYSTEM OF CALEBPEATENG FiECQRDlNG WA'l'T-HQUR METERS.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed June 1'7, 1905. Serial No. 26?.666.

Be it known that LDoooi s P. Monnrson, a citrzen of the UmtedStates of America, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems of Calibrating Recording Watt-Hour Meters, of

which the tollowingis a' specification.

The present invention. relates to a system oicalibrating a recording watt-hour meter.

In the prior art it has been customary to tmt a meter by means of electrical measuring mstruments or else bymeans of a standard meter introduced circuit with the unknown meter, so as to subject the said standard meter ti) the same load as theunknown,

meter. When the latter method is followed, it is necessary to have two persons, one to 0bserve the measurements of each meter during the art.

acertain predetermined period while sub-- j to the same load and to then compare the thusrobserved results, thereby ascertaining the variance between the standard and the unknown meters, if any there be. 1 5

simplify this method withoutcomplicating the parts,'so that thetest can be made by The object of the present invention is. to

one person;

To thisend the invention consists in subectmg a standard meter to the same load as the unknown meter, but in such a manner that the current, passes through the standard meter without operating the recording mechanism of the same, then starting and stopping the recording mechanism of the standard meter at will, and then comparing the observed units of the unknown meter with the recorded units of the standard ineter. The means for carrying this object into effect may vary 'considerab but a simple and etlective arrangement consists in placing the field-coils of the standard and-unknown meters in circuit with each other and. in circuit with the mains leading from the source to the load in connecting thepotentialcircuits of the two meters with the mains and by interposing a switch iii-the potential-circuit of the standard meter.

. Inthe accompanying drawings the invention has been embodied in a form which will be readily understood by any one versed in The specific embodiment, however, may be varied widely to suit the local needs or different constructions of meters without de arting from the invention.

the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing a conventional representationof two meters with the electrical circuit indicated. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the windings of the meters, as well, as the electrical circuits connecting the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the dials ofthe standard meter. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the disk of the standardme'ter, showing a modification.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the diderent views.

1 indicates the unknown meter, and 2 the standard meter. These may be, of any usual 4 or suitable construction andneed not be described in detail. Suffice it to sa that each ofthe said meters is provided wit the usual windings, consisting ofthe field-coils 3 in circuit with the mains 4, leading from the source 5 to the load 6 and having, further, the potential-circuit 7, connected to the brushholders (not shown) in the usual manner. The recordingmechanism operated in the usual way by means of the shaft 8, carrying the disk 9 driven in the usual way bv means of the torque exercised by the two circuits.

When it is desired to calibrate an unknown meter, the standard meter is subjected to the same load as the unknown meter by connect- I I ing the field-coils of the standard meter with the mains of the work-circuit, as indicated in thedrawings, but in sucha manner that the recording mechanism ,of the standard meter. is not operated. This is conveniently done by introducing any suitable switch, as 10, in the potentiahcircuit'leading from the brush holders of the standard meter to the mains. It will be understood, therefor, that the standard meter being placed in circuit with the unknown meter the current will .pass through both, subjecting both to the same load and operating the recording mechanism of the unknown meter, while the recording mechanism of the standard meter does not operate, as the switch 10 is left 0 en. The

position of the hand on the dial or 'als of the standard meter is noted, and at a certain point of the revolution of the unknown meter the switch 10 is closed, thereby making the recording mechanism of the standard meter operative. A revolution or a certain number of revolutions of the unknown meter is then observed, and the switch 10 is then thrown out again,- thereby causing the recording mechanism of the standard meter to cease operation. The observed result of the unknown meter is then'compared with the recorded results of the standardmeter, and

the variance, if any, can be determined there{ by. In this way it will. be understood that.

onl one person is needed to effect the test,

an consequently a more perfect calibration is made possible, as the starting and stopping of they test is absolutely under the control of one erson. H

T estandard meter is of any usual constructionjbut it is preferable to arrange the 'same with only two' dials and recordinghands. and to gear the first hand so thatlt makes one revolution to every tenrevolutions of the disk), and to have the dialq'ead from zero to-one hundred. The hand-of the second dial may be earedso as to indicate fractions-of urrits or actions of revolutions, as the case may be, by causing it to make ten revolutions to each revolution of the hand of the first-dial. In Fig. 4 is shown a modification ofthis, in which the disk 9" of the standard meter is graduated, and the fixed hand ism found use -as the the current passes through the standard me-. ter without operating the recordin mechan 9 is placed adjacent thereto, so that fractional parts of units or of revolutions ma be recording watt-hour meter, which consists in subjectin a standard meter-to the same load unl mown meter in such a manner that ism of the same,'then starting an stoppin the recordingmechanism of the 'standar meter at will, and then comparing the observed 'ts. of the-unknown meter with the recorded units of the standard meter.

2. The methodof calibrating an unknown recording watt-hour meter, which consists in subj ectin a standard meter to the. same load asthe own meter in such a manner that the current passes through the standard meter without operating the recording mechanism of the same, then starting an stopping the recording mechanism of the standard meter at will, and then comparing the observed units and fractions of units of the, unknown meter with the recorded units and fractions of units'of the standard meter.

3. The method of calibrating an unknown recording watt-hour meter which consists in" subjecting a standard meter to the same load as the unknown meter; in such a manner that the current'passes through the standard me ter without operating the recordin mechanismof the same, then starting an stopping the recording mechanism of the standard me ter at will, and then comparing the observed revolutions of the unknown meter with the recorded revolutions of the standard meter.

4. The method of calibrating an unknown recording watt-hour meter whlch consists in subjecting a standard meter'to the same load as the unknown meter in such a manner that the current passes through the standard m'eter without operating the recordin -mecha'nism of the same, then starting an 'stoppin the record-in mechanism of the standar meter at will and then -comparing,-the,ob-

served revolutions and fractions of revolutions of the unknown meter with the recorded revolutions and fractions of revolutions of the standard meter.

5. In a system of the character descr-ibed, the combination with an unknown and a standard meter, Whosefield-cojls are-in circuit .With each other and in circuit with the -mains leadingfrom the source to the load, of

a potential-circuit for each meter leading -to the mains, and a 'switch' ter-posed "the potential-circuit of the standard meter.

Signed at Newark, New'Jersey, this 15th day of June,

1905-. DOUGLAS P. MORRISON. Witnesses: Enrrn- McD. BEEKEN, AX-EL V. BEEKEN. 

